Descriptions of East Asiatic Mammals yy 
from 3 to nearly Zy^ inches. The ears are narrow and round- 
pointed. 
The True Long-tongued Fruit Bats, genus Macroglossus, 
are scarcely larger than our Red Bat of the United States. The 
tail is reduced to about % inch ; sometimes it is difficult to find 
in dried skins. The ears are rather broa.d and rounded, and the 
pelage is ample. Unlike Eonycteris, Macroglossus retains the 
claw on the index finger of the wing. Two species occur in 
southeastern Asia, M. minimus and M. lagochilus, the latter 
distinguished by the presence of a deep vertical median groove 
on the upper lip and by its slightly smaller size. Both species 
are colored dull light brown. 
Macroglossus minimus occurs from Darjiling, Burma, and 
Siam to the Malay Peninsula and the Sunda Islands ; M. lago- 
chiliis, found principally in Celebes and New Guinea, has been 
recorded from the Malay Peninsula. In both species the forearm 
measures about 1% inches. 
"insect-eating" bats (suborder microchiroptera) 
Most of the Microchiroptera are small Bats with wing-spans 
from 8 to 12 inches. The largest found in the Orient are the 
False Vampires, Lyroderma, which span about 20 inches. The 
presence of fleshy processes around the nostrils or of structures 
on the top of the muzzle of a Bat invariably indicate a member 
of this suborder; their absence does not necessarily indicate a 
Fruit Bat. In the same way, extreme complexity or bizarre 
shape of the ears points to the insectivorous division, although 
simplicity does not. But if in a Bat a simple type of ear is seen 
in conjunction with a long tail, connected throughout its length 
to the legs and feet by an extensive membrane, that Bat is sure 
to be a member of the Microchiroptera. With the exception of 
certain South American Bats, the molar teeth of the Microchi- 
roptera bear on their crown surfaces sharp cusps joined together 
